Below is a brief summary of my education and experience. 

 

Education

Ph.D., Astronomy

  The University of Texas at Austin (2004-2009)

  Advisor: Dr. Volker Bromm

  Dissertation: "Star Formation in the Assembly of the First Galaxies"

B.S., Physics, minors in Mathematics and Spanish

  Truman State University (2000-2004)

  Summa cum laude, with Departmental Honors 

Graduate of Los Alamos National Laboratory TITANS course series (2013-2016)

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Appointments

Acting Deputy Group Leader (2023-present), Los Alamos National Laboratory

Program Manager (2020-present), Los Alamos National Laboratory

Staff Scientist (2013-2020), Los Alamos National Laboratory

Director's Postdoctoral Fellow (2011-2013), Los Alamos National Laboratory

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2009-2011), Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

Wendell Gordon Graduate Fellow (2008-2009), The University of Texas at Austin

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant (2004-2008), The University of Texas at Austin